• J Pain Symptom Manage · Oct 2022

    Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study

    Seriously ill patients' prioritized goals and their clinicians' perceptions of those goals.

    • Matthew E Modes, Ruth A Engelberg, Elizabeth L Nielsen, Lyndia C Brumback, Thanh H Neville, Anne M Walling, CurtisJ RandallJRDivision of Pulmonary (R.A.E., E.L.N., J.R.C., E.K.K.), Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA; Cambia Palliative Care Center of Excellence (R.A.E., E.L.N., L.C.B., J.R.C., E.K.K.), University, and Erin K Kross.
    • Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine (M.E.M), Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, USA. Electronic address: matthew.modes@cshs.org.
    • J Pain Symptom Manage. 2022 Oct 1; 64 (4): 410418410-418.

    ContextSeriously ill patients whose prioritized healthcare goals are understood by their clinicians are likely better positioned to receive goal-concordant care.ObjectivesTo examine the proportion of seriously ill patients whose prioritized healthcare goal is accurately perceived by their clinician and identify factors associated with accurate perception.MethodsSecondary analysis of a multicenter cluster-randomized trial of outpatients with serious illness and their clinicians. Approximately two weeks after a clinic visit, patients reported their current prioritized healthcare goal- extending life over relief of pain and discomfort, or relief of pain and discomfort over extending life - and clinicians reported their perception of their patients' current prioritized healthcare goal; matching these items defined accurate perception.ResultsOf 252 patients with a prioritized healthcare goal, 60% had their goal accurately perceived by their clinician, 27% were cared for by clinicians who perceived prioritization of the alternative goal, and 13% had their clinician answer unsure. Patients who were older (OR 1.03 per year; 95%CI 1.01, 1.05), had stable goals (OR 2.52; 95%CI 1.26, 5.05), and had a recent goals-of-care discussion (OR 1.78, 95%CI 1.00, 3.16) were more likely to have their goals accurately perceived.ConclusionA majority of seriously ill outpatients are cared for by clinicians who accurately perceive their patients' prioritized healthcare goals. However, a substantial portion are not and may be at higher risk for goal-discordant care. Interventions that facilitate goals-of-care discussions may help align care with goals, as recent discussions were associated with accurate perceptions of patients' prioritized goals.Copyright © 2022 American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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